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We've already talked about Windows 8 so often you'd almost forget it had not yet been officially confirmed by Microsoft. Well, Steve Ballmer has announced that yes, it's going to be called Windows 8, and yes, it's going to arrive in 2012. "We're obviously hard at work on the next version of...

Speaking in Japan yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the next version of Windows would arrive next year. Calling the as-yet unreleased operating system "Windows 8," he said that the next generation of Windows would be hitting the market on PCs, slates, and tablets. Nothing too...

Windows 8 will arrive in 2012, according to a statement made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But Microsoft could be trying to clamp down on that news. Link Removed

Microsoft says it hasn't officially announced any 'timing or naming for the next version of Windows,' and that its CEO misspoke about Windows 8 gadgets coming out next year. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft's next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed Windows 8, will debut in 2012, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday. Ballmer made the announcement in Tokyo, speaking to an audience of software developers. Link Removed

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed the next version of its Windows operating system will hit shelves in 2012. Link Removed

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan says there might have been partial meltdowns in its No. 2 and 3 reactors from damage after the earthquake and tsunami in March. The latest announcement means all three reactors with active fuel inside the Fukushima plant, north-east...

During his Japanese Developer Forum Speech this week Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed that Windows 8 was “coming out in 2012 Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft in the same Japanese Developer Forum speech that revealed 500 Windows Phone feature adds also confirmed persistent beliefs that Windows 8 would ship next year. The "next generation of Windows systems" was coming out in 2012, the CEO said. He also referred to it as Windows 8 by name and...

Microsoft's next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed Windows 8, will debut in 2012, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday. Source: Yahoo! News

share: digg facebook twitter The next version of Windows will be called Windows 8, according to a speech today by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. And new Windows systems will be out next year. He specifically referred to the next version as “Windows 8 Link Removed

Expect to hear more about the next version of Windows next week. It was just announced that Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live group, will speak at the All Things D conference next week in the Los Angeles area. Sinofsky [below] has a longtime relationship with...

RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis ceded the stage partway through his keynote address to his competitor, who proceeded to announce that Microsoft's Bing Search and Bing Maps products will be "fully integrated" into the BlackBerry platform later this year. Rather than simply supply a stand-alone app on...

Microsoft on Friday announced that it has sold over 350 million licenses of Windows 7 in the past 18 months. The milestone points to a momentum in the adoption of Windows 7, but Microsoft didn't break down the numbers into how many copies shipped with new PCs or are upgrades. Link Removed -...

Microsoft officials said on April 22 that the company has sold 350 million Windows 7 licenses in the 18 months the product has been available. More...

Dell recently announced that it would launch a 10-inch tablet to compliment its 5- and 7-inch slates. However, it looks like we’ll have to wait a bit. Link Removed

Windows 8 has not yet been announced. But if Windows 8 did exist, it might include the Ribbon interface. Source: Yahoo! News

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Microsoft has announced that the first service pack release for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 will hit the download servers starting today. The company had already released the final code to OEM partners earlier on February 9, followed by MSDN customers, TechNet subscribers and volume licensing...

Microsoft may show the first glimpse of the next generation Windows at CES, the New York Times reports. Source: Yahoo! News